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Birthday: April 10, 2032
Born into a wealthy Lebanese-Egyptian family, Omar Sharif was a math and physics major at Cairo's Victory College. He worked briefly in his father's lumber business before pursuing an acting career. Entering movies in 1953 as Omar El-Sharif, the young actor's popularity zoomed when he married popular Egyptian star Faten Hamama (the marriage ended in 1974). Well established in his native country, ...more
- 2003
- French Academy of Cinema
- Best Actor
- Monsieur Ibrahim
- win
- 1965
- Hollywood Foreign Press Association
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
- Doctor Zhivago
- win
- 1962
- Hollywood Foreign Press Association
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic
- Lawrence of Arabia
- win
- 1962
- Hollywood Foreign Press Association
- New Star of the Year - Male
- Lawrence of Arabia
- win
- 2009
- The Last Templar
- Konstantine,
- 2008
- 10,000 B.C.
- Narrator
- 2006
- One Night With the King
- Prince Memucan
- 2006
- The Ten Commandments
- Jethro
- 2006
- Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs
- Narrator
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